Have you ever had that feeling where you feel like you almost have everything but it still feels like there's something missing? or feeling like a bit lost and confused and doesn't know what to do? i guess we all have had that point at one or many times in our lives where a lot of things bothers us..which way to go, what path to choose,what to do..i've been feeling that lately..
Yesterday ,i saw the latest blog of one of the nicest person in the world that i follow that led me to watch this video.. Oprah Winfrey's 2008 Stanford Commencement Address.
I'm not a big fan of Oprah Winfrey but her speech inspired me and made my day. i watched it 3x and i fell asleep listening to her speech! hahaha. She's truly an amazing person. =) Here are some of my favorite lines from her speech.=)
Feelings
"when you're doing the work your meant to do, it feels right, and everyday is a bonus."
"feelings are really your GPS system for life. when you're supposed to do something or when you are not supposed to do something,your emotional guidance system,lets you know. the trick is you have to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead."
"if it doesn't feel right, don't do it."
"when you don't know what to do, get still..get very still, until you do know what to do."
"forget about the fast lane if you really wanna fly harness your power to your passion..honor your calling (everybody has one),trust your heart and success will come to you."
"money is nice. i like money. its good for buying things. but having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. what you want is money and meaning."
Failure
"ask every failure. what is this here to teach me?"
"difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper."
"don't react against the bad situation, merge with that situation instead and the solution will arise to the challenge because surrendering yourself doesn't mean giving up but acting with responsibilities."
"what matters most is what's inside. what matters most is the sense of integrity, of quality and beauty."
Finding Happiness.=)
"be a part of something. don't live for yourself alone."
"in order to be truly happy you must live along with and you have to stand for something larger than yourself because life is a reciprocal exchange. to move forward,you have to give back."
"if you're hurting,you need to help somebody else's ease their hurt.if you're in pain help somebody else's pain and when you are in a mess, you get yourself out of the mess helping somebody out of theirs."
"if you wanna feel good, you have to go out and do good."
"not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service."- Martin Luther King
"you dont have to have a college degree to serve,you don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. you don't have to know plato or aristotle to serve. you don't have to know Einstein's Theory of Relativity to serve, you don't have to know the Second Theory of Thermodynamics and Physics to serve.. you only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love."- Martin Luther King
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